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Outlook Send HTML Email
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This example sends an HTML email. Other examples exist for:- Sending plain-text email.
- Sending HTML email with embedded images.
- Sending email with attachments.
- Sending HTML email with embedded images and attachments.
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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"
$success = $false
# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http
# Use your previously obtained access token here:
# See the following examples for getting an access token:
# Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
# Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
# Refresh Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).
# Refresh Access Token (Azure AD Endpoint).
$http.AuthToken = "MICROSOFT_GRAPH_ACCESS_TOKEN"
# To send mail, we'll POST to the following endpoint:
#
# POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/sendMail
#
# (The special keyword "me" may be used in place of a principal name.)
#
# This example will send HTML email containing the following HTML body:
# <html>
# <head>
# <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
# <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
# </head>
# <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
# <font face="Calibri">This is a test <b>HTML email</b>.<br>
# </font>
# </body>
# </html>
# Build the HTML body...
$bCrlf = $true
$sbHtmlBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<html>",$bCrlf)
$sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<head>",$bCrlf)
$sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<meta http-equiv=`"Content-Type`" content=`"text/html; charset=utf-8`">",$bCrlf)
$sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<meta content=`"text/html; charset=utf-8`">",$bCrlf)
$sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</head>",$bCrlf)
$sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<body bgcolor=`"#FFFFFF`">",$bCrlf)
$sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("<font face=`"Calibri`">This is a test <b>HTML email</b>.<br>",$bCrlf)
$sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</font>",$bCrlf)
$sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</body>",$bCrlf)
$sbHtmlBody.AppendLine("</html>",$bCrlf)
# The body of the POST request contains JSON that specifies the email subject, body,
# recipients, etc. This example will build the following JSON HTML email:
#
# {
# "message": {
# "subject": "Sample HTML Email",
# "body": {
# "contentType": "html",
# "content": "The HTML body goes here..."
# },
# "toRecipients": [
# {
# "emailAddress": {
# "name": "Chilkat Software",
# "address": "admin@chilkat.io"
# }
# },
# {
# "emailAddress": {
# "address": "chilkat.support@gmail.com"
# }
# }
# ],
# "ccRecipients": [
# {
# "emailAddress": {
# "name": "Chilkat Blog",
# "address": "admin@cknotes.com"
# }
# }
# ]
# },
# "saveToSentItems": true
# }
#
# Build the above JSON.
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateString("message.subject","Sample HTML email")
$json.UpdateString("message.body.contentType","html")
$json.UpdateString("message.body.content",$sbHtmlBody.GetAsString())
$json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Software")
$json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@chilkat.io")
$json.UpdateString("message.toRecipients[1].emailAddress.address","chilkat.support@gmail.com")
$json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.name","Chilkat Blog")
$json.UpdateString("message.ccRecipients[0].emailAddress.address","admin@cknotes.com")
$json.UpdateBool("saveToSentItems",$true)
# Send the HTTP POST (i.e. send the HTML email)
$resp = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/sendMail",$json,"application/json",$resp)
if ($success -eq $false) {
$($http.LastErrorText)
exit
}
# The send succeeded if the response status code = 202.
# In the success case, there is no response body. (We just get the response code to know that it succeeded.)
if ($resp.StatusCode -ne 202) {
$json.Load($resp.BodyStr)
$json.EmitCompact = $false
$($json.Emit())
$("Failed, response status code = " + $resp.StatusCode)
}
else {
$("Outlook HTML Mail Sent.")
}